Bourbon Brown Sugar Pound Cake

A yummy recipe from Kentucky! Makes a great gift! I don't drink alcohol, but love to cook with it! Adapted from Mimi's cyber kitchen.

• Ready In: 1 hr 45 mins
• Yields: 1 cake

Ingredients

• 3  cups flour
• 3⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
• 3⁄4 cup  whole milk
• 2  teaspoons vanilla extract
• 4  tablespoons Bourbon
• 1 1⁄2 cups dark brown sugar, packed
• 1⁄2 cup sugar
• 1  cup butter, softened (2 sticks)
• 5  eggs

• FROSTING

• 2  tablespoons  orange juice
• 1⁄3 cup sugar
• 2  tablespoons Bourbon
•  strawberry (to garnish)
•  blueberries (to garnish)

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 325°F.
2. Grease and flour a 12-cup bundt pan.
3. In a medium bowl, combine flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda.
4. Combine the milk, vanilla, and 4 tablespoons bourbon.
5. In large bowl, with mixer at medium speed, beat brown sugar and 1/2 cup sugar until lump free.
6. Add butter and beat at high speed until light and creamy, about 5 minutes.
7. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
8. At low speed, alternately add flour mixture and milk mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
9. Pour batter into prepared pan.
10. Bake 1 hour and 20 minutes or until cake springs back when toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
11. Cool cake in pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes.
12. Remove cake from pan.
13. Frosting:
14. In small bowl, combine orange juice, 1/3 cup sugar, and 2 tablespoons bourbon.
15. Brush mixture all over warm cake.
16. Cool cake completely.
17. Garnish with berries or other fruit for a pretty presentation.